PORTUGUESE BASIC COURSE VOLUME I LESSONS 1 - 10 SEPTEMBER 1968 DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTERPREFACE The Portuguese (Brazilian) Course, consisting of 75 lessons in 6 volumes, is one of the Defense Language Institute's Basic Course Series, The material was de- veloped at the Defense Language Institute and approved for publication by the Institute's Curriculum Development Board, The course is designed to train native English language sneakers to Level 3 proficiency in comprehen- sion and speaking and Level 3 proficiency in reading and writing Portuguese. The texts are intended for classroom use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs employing the audioslingual methodology, Tapes accompany the texts,‘PREFACE This volume is a pedagogical text for students of the Defense Language Institute, Its lessons are designed to teach them to understand and speak Brazilian Portuguese. Instructions on a recommended approach to the teaching-1earning process are contained in a separate teacher's manual. Each lesson is normally divided into the following sections: 1, Introduction of new language features in audio- visual perception drili. 2. Reduction of the same into a closed repertory: a, A short dialogue which is built around a real- Life situation and which the student must be able to recite. b. An adjunct to the dialogue in which additional features are presented in isolated sentences or word families. Pattern drill based on the above, authentic and contextually oriented, leading gradually from modei sentences to open repertory performance. 4. Grammar notes: brief, self-explanatory comments on the language features of the lesson--for reference. 5. Cultural notes: a summary of the cultural content of each lesson.